Zeinal Bava

Zeinal Abedin Mohamed Bava,[1] was chief executive officer of Oi[2] until October 7, 2014, when he resigned.

[3] Zeinal Bava was born in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique to a family of Indian ancestry.

Zeinal Bava resigned from all these positions when was appointed CEO of Oi in June 2014.

Prior to joining PT, Zeinal Bava served as executive director and relationship manager for Portugal of Merrill Lynch from 1998 until 1999, of Deutsche Morgan Grenfell from 1996 until 1998 and of Warburg Dillon Read from 1989 until 1996.

More recently was also awarded "doctor honoris causa" by the University of Beira Interior for contributions in promoting innovation and technological modernisation and roll out of state of the art networks including FTTH and 4G in Portugal.